Metrics-Based Evaluation and Comparison of Visualization Notations

A visualization notation is a recurring pattern of symbols used to author specifications of visualizations, from data transformation to visual mapping. Programmatic notations use symbols defined by grammars or domain-specific languages (e.g. ggplot2, dplyr, Vega-Lite) or libraries (e.g. Matplotlib,...

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Publié dans:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 30(2024), 1 vom: 24. Jan., Seite 425-435
Auteur principal: Kruchten, Nicolas (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: McNutt, Andrew M, McGuffin, Michael J
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2024
Accès à la collection:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
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